添そ水うず

noun

water-filled bamboo tube that clacks against a stone when emptied; traditional Japanese garden water feature

A traditional Japanese garden device: a bamboo tube that slowly fills with water, tips, and strikes a stone with a sharp clack. Also known as ししおどし (deer scarer), though 添水 specifically refers to the water-filled tube mechanism.

• 日本にほん庭てい園えんで添そ水うずの音おとを聞きくと、心こころが落おち着つく。

  Hearing the sound of the 添水 in a Japanese garden is calming.

• この庭にわには竹たけでできた添そ水うずが設せっ置ちされている。

  A bamboo 添水 has been installed in this garden.